Cheongdam Park, October 20

Bird News from Tim Edelsten

This small inner city park seemed quite birdy, probably due to its mix of deciduous and berry trees, natural water feature, insect-rich rotting tree-stumps and log piles. Photography among the dark shady trees was quite a challenge however.

1. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis.
2. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos kizuki.
3. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Two or three.
4. Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus.
5. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius. Plentiful, due to the preponderance of native oak trees.
6. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica.
7. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos.
8. Marsh Tit Poecile palustris.
9. Varied Tit Poecile varius. Several collecting acorns.
10. Eastern Great Tit Parus minor.
11. Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis.
12. Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus. Two or three seen.
13. Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans. Extremely skulking and easy to overlook, sticking to the vicinity of the wood pile.
14. Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus. One.
15. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus.

Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major, © Tim Edelsten

Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus, © Tim Edelsten